Say what you will about Brit tabloids, the Daily Mail does a great job reporting on shit here in the States that no stateside MSM will.
In this case, they're saying that the effort to electrify America's most popular and influential vehicle class is well underway, but appears to be faltering at the hands of reluctant consumers. This week, Ford said it would lay off about 700 workers at the Detroit plant that manufactures its electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck and GM pushed back production of the Chevrolet Silverado EV, citing slowing demand. And Tesla CEO Elon Musk told investors during an earnings call on Wednesday, 'we dug our own grave with the Cybertruck,' the company's much anticipated pickup.
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Why am I not in the least bit surprised?
ReplyDeleteElectric vehicles will be a novelty until such time as they offer true performance advantages of fuel powered vehicles.
ReplyDeleteI was reading an article that talked about insurance companies are not wanting to insure these cars because they light themselves on fire every so often.
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They created the supply without a demand. Stupidity.
ReplyDeleteThe education of the consumer as to the true nature of the pollution of the world by electric vehicles versus gas is the only way to completely reverse the trend and end the push towards EVs.....until people realize that it takes until the battery is worn out and needs to be replaced, at a high cost, for the EV to realize any gain over a gas powered vehicle, we will never truly be able to reverse biden's disaster and catering to the leftist greenies in the DNC....if you only drive125 miles a week, then they may be for you....these glorified golf carts can be of use if you only have to charge them once a month or so.....but if you have to charge them every other day, not so much....friend of mine has a Tesla that he tried to drive to Miami.....it took him 7 hours for a 3.5 hour trip....not very practical....
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